@Perhaps to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • 1 year agoDoes .999… = 1?message-square14arrow-up111arrow-down112file-text
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minus-squareRoBoT_095linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoIf I have a cake and I divided it to 3 pieces, if 1/3 is .333 and 3 pieces equals .999, where is the .001? It’s on the knife you used to cut with.
If I have a cake and I divided it to 3 pieces, if 1/3 is .333 and 3 pieces equals .999, where is the .001?
It’s on the knife you used to cut with.
It’s not 0.999, it’s 0.999… repeating.